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Advice of that sort should rarely be taken absolutely. If you get advice like that from a reasonable person, they will not say, "Never use ..." but rather "Avoid ..." There are lots of writing tech...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:59:09Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Jay
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2019-12-08T03:59:09Z (about 5 years ago)
Advice of that sort should rarely be taken absolutely. If you get advice like that from a reasonable person, they will not say, "Never use ..." but rather "Avoid ..." There are lots of writing techniques that are easy to overuse or mis-use, and so you should be careful about them. But just because something is easy to abuse doesn't mean you should never use it, it just means you should be careful about it. Like just because many people get drunk and act stupid doesn't mean you should never consume alcohol. Just keep it in moderation. :-) Beyond that I pretty much say "ditto" to What's answer.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-01-23T15:12:48Z (almost 10 years ago)
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